Two of the three election commission members raised concerns at least 14 times over ten months regarding voter registration, deletions, and the digital management of electoral rolls. An investigation sparked a swift reaction from the opposition and young people.
Benedict XVI is slammed for joining western propaganda against the Islamic state. Demonstrators pledge to sacrifice their lives for Muhammad. The new governor of Punjab is told to express solidarity with Salman Taseer’s murderer. Two attacks in the north-west leave 5 dead and 19 wounded.
For Tek Nath Rizal, A Bhutanese dissident in exile, there is no formal document or declaration attesting to the news, already reported by many international news agencies. "The past teaches us that such statements are only government propaganda to fool the outside world that Bhutan accepts all religions."
Police orders Nimata Pradhan to stop asking questions about her husband’s death and instead withdraw charges against Hindu extremists who killed him. Police claims the Protestant clergyman drowned. Manoj Pradhan, a BJP leader convicted for his role in 2008 anti-Christian pogroms, is also involved in this crime.
Business and political leaders celebrate the rise of China and India, but discussions reflect old issues. Others note how world economic leaders failed to see social unrest in the Arab world.
Attack on four monks and damage to temple can not be attributed to guerrilla groups or to members of the LTTE. Representatives of all religions call for calm, to continue to live "as one family."
The women's wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) marched through the streets, shouting slogans against those who want to change the "black law". The fundamentalist leaders call for the expulsion of Vatican representatives for "meddling" of Benedict XVI. On January 30, Christians pray for in Asia Bibi and peace in the country.
Muslim intellectuals and theologians draw the prospects for a change even in Islam: the value of women and fraternisation of sexes; rejection of fundamentalist Salafism, seeking a religion of the heart and freedom, against the formalism of the veil, the beard and abstruse ritual practices. And above all, they welcome secularism, the separation of Islam from politics.
The land for the dead is located in a forest near the Hindu temple of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu. For the extremists, the area is sacred. The government decision comes after years of disputes and clashes with the Hindu community reluctant to give space to other faiths. Often Christians and Muslims were forced to bury more dead in the same grave.
Ostensibly, the authorities were not involved in 2008 attacks against churches. The Global Council of Indian Christians slams what it calls a biased report, complaining about the double standards applied to Christians and Hindus involved in the unrest.
An aide to the Karmapa Lama, third ranking high lama in the ‘yellow hat’ branch of Tibetan Buddhism, was found in possession of a large sum of money of unknown origin. Tibetan political leaders defend the Karmapa, who will likely be called to lead the Tibetan Diaspora after the death of the Dalai Lama.
Beijing is developing the Pakistani port of Gwadar and plans road and rail links with Pakistan across the Karakorum. New Delhi backs the Iranian port of Chabahar and is seeking closer ties with Afghanistan and central Asia. The rivalry between the two Asian giants is branching out.
The High Court of India has cancelled the release on bail granted by a court of Orissa. Manoj Pradhan had been convicted of two murders, is on trial for three others, which during the pogroms of 2008 in Orissa.
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